Big hair and bad behaviour in the ruthless world of 1980s independent television. Updated 02/10/24: The full trailer for Rivals is finally here. With the show launching this month, Disney+ have revealed a longer look at Rivals. The glossy Jilly Cooper adaptation, set firmly in the 1986 – amid the heady world of independent television no … >
You could say the MI5 drama is his new endeavour (sorry!) ITV has commissioned espionage thriller Betrayal, set in the clandestine world of MI5. The drama will star Endeavour’s Shaun Evans as a spy trying to avert a serious and dark threat to national security while making sense of his own place in the world. … >
The series also stars Sally Phillips, with Love on the Spectrum‘s Michael Theo in his first acting role. The BBC has acquired Austin, a new eight-part comedy starring Ben Miller (Professor T), Sally Phillips (Veep), and Michael Theo (Love on the Spectrum). The show, co-created by Darren Ashton (Spreadsheet) and Ben Miller, tell the story … >
Stand and deliver! Apple TV+ give Noel Fielding’s notorious highwayman the nod for a second season. The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin landed on March 1st 2024, giving the infamous highwayman a comic twist. The show is led by Noel Fielding (The Mighty Boosh) as Dick. Now, Apple TV+ have granted the show … >
Audio dramas based on the classic sci-fi/fantasy series Sapphire & Steel are now available again from Big Finish Productions. “All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and … >
Detective Inspector Ruth Calder will lead the show for a new six-week run. With Douglas Henshall’s Jimmy Perez leaving the show it’s all change for the Scottish crime drama. For Shetland series 8, Ashley Jensen (Catastrophe, After Life) takes over as the new lead DI Ruth Calder. While she works for the Met, it appears that … >
The show swaps its submarine setting for a weapons testing site and the closed ranks of the RAF. After its highly successful first series in 2021, Tom Edge’s Vigil was an unsurprising recommission for the BBC. In addition to attracting over 13 million viewers for its launch, it scooped up an international Emmy and a … >
The six-part series is a “genre bending mystery, combining drama, suspense and horror.” UKTV Alibi have announced a major new commission from Toby Whithouse (Being Human, The Game) entitled The Red King. Filming has begun on the show which comes from Quay Street Productions. Anjli Mohindra (Vigil) leads the show as detective Grace Narayan. She’s … >
The broadcaster has commissioned a series about the last British woman to be hanged. ITV have given the green light to a four-part drama based on the story of Ruth Ellis, who was the last woman to be hanged in Britain, in 1955. Screenwriter Kelly Jones (Des) has adapted Ruth’s story from Carol Ann Lee’s … >
Robert Thorogood’s book will become a four-hour drama starring Samantha Bond. Writer Robert Thorogood is best known as the creator of the enduring Death in Paradise. Currently filming its 13th series, and with a spinoff up and running, it appears we can’t get enough of the sun-drenched whodunnit. However, there’s another Thorogood creation on the … >